MBB: Commonwealth Conference

[Pat Coleman]

Feature on the front page of interest to Final Four participants and fans here.

Faces of a champion

[bballfan112]

I see Lycoming College hired a new head coach, Guy Rancourt from Stony Brook. does anyone else know who the other finalists were, and anything about Coach Rancourt? Looks like it was a good hire for Lycoming, as he brings experience as a head d3 coach and assistant d1 coach prior to arriving at Lycoming.

[mailsy]

Now that is July 1st.  Usually the beginning of some new fiscal years. Does anyone have any idea how the new MAC is going to be situated now that the 3 former PAC(now CSAC) members have moved?  Is it going to be based on location? or some other situation.  I didn't see anything in the thread.  Thanks in advance.

[mailsy]

I did look at some of the up coming schedules for schools in MAC not all schedules are complete.     It looks as if some schedules are unbalanced.  If you look at Del Val's schedule in Freedom they have 16 conference games in men's BBall.  Shouldn't there only be 14 for 8 members; or are the conferences going to be unequal for the upcoming year? 

[Pat Coleman]

Where is this schedule to look at?

[mailsy]

I went to Del Val website.

[mailsy]

Oops  http://www.delval.edu/athletics/basketball_m/schedule0809.htm

It does say subject to change.

[luvdahoops]

Arcadia moves from the Freedom to the Commonwealth, giving the CC seven members this year.  The other nine are in the Freedom.

[BCannon]

Who does everyone think the early favorites to win the league are?

I think 3 of my top 4 would be Widener, Leb Val, and Albright. Maybe Lyco for the 4th team. I feel that this could be a very good year for Leb Val and expect their bigs Shinn and Dunkelberger (both Juniors) to have big years along with Enoch and Hodge.

[gordonmann]

Here's an interesting Delaware County (Pa.) Times article on how Widener is preparing for next season.

[NeedHelpD]

Just wondering why this board is so dead compared to many other D3 hoops boards.  Fan following relatively weak in the MAC Commonwealth?  Or lots of fans but they don't waste time on message boards?    Just curious, as I'm new to the area and have always enjoyed D3 basketball.

[Warren Thompson]

Just wondering why this board is so dead compared to many other D3 hoops boards.  Fan following relatively weak in the MAC Commonwealth?  Or lots of fans but they don't waste time on message boards?    Just curious, as I'm new to the area and have always enjoyed D3 basketball.

MAC Commonwealth students are, as always, busy studying (I can't speak for MAC Freedom students). Older fans are busy earning a living and putting beans in the pot.

It's usually only us old-fart retirees who sometimes share our meandering thoughts ....   

[old ends]

Just wondering why this board is so dead compared to many other D3 hoops boards.  Fan following relatively weak in the MAC Commonwealth?  Or lots of fans but they don't waste time on message boards?    Just curious, as I'm new to the area and have always enjoyed D3 basketball.

MAC Commonwealth students are, as always, busy studying (I can't speak for MAC Freedom students). Older fans are busy earning a living and putting beans in the pot.

It's usually only us old-fart retirees who sometimes share our meandering thoughts ....   

Which gets some interesting responses, since I to am gray on top, whats left that is. 

[Pat Coleman]

Just wondering why this board is so dead compared to many other D3 hoops boards.  Fan following relatively weak in the MAC Commonwealth?  Or lots of fans but they don't waste time on message boards?    Just curious, as I'm new to the area and have always enjoyed D3 basketball.

Hey, we need every new poster we can get, so welcome aboard!

[NeedHelpD]

Hey, we need every new poster we can get, so welcome aboard!

Glad to be here.  Thanks!

So here's a general question about the MAC Commonwealth  --- which of the schools currently in the league has the best basketball tradition?  I realize that's a really vague, subjective question.  But over the last 10-20 years say, which program(s) have pretty consistently had a competitive team?  My sense is there aren't one or two dominant programs in this league, which is cool in a way.  But are there programs with realistic aspirations toward national success, i.e., with the potential to make deep runs in the NCAAs?